A few of my favorite things....

Ever since I can remember, my mom had these cute little elves that she would put in our tree. I would take them out and play with them as if they were dolls from a dollhouse. I remember 4 of them, and my favorite was the plaid one; she was the cutest. Well, a couple of Christmas' ago, I was admiring my mom's tree and I saw them. I told her about my childhood memories, and she gave me the elves. My brother and sister have been asking me to give them one, but I keep *forgetting*! This year instead of putting of hiding them in the tree, I decided to put them on my mantle in my NOEL stocking hangers:

*I cannot get the above picture to turn around

Here are Mr. and Mrs. Claus watching over baby Kiera.

I just love this picture taken of her last Christmas.

Since Kiera's first Christmas, I have been collecting the Willow Tree Navity Set.

This year I got two more animals for my birthday. And yesterday, I picked up this wooden backdrop at a craft show.

Here is our tree all decorated.

Many of the ornaments are handmade by me!

Here are some pictures of us decorating the tree:

Kevin hoisting Kiera up to put the angel.

As you can see, she did not like it and turned back to him to help her down.

So, he did it himself:

So, now we are officially decorated. Thank you for letting me share a few of my favorite things.